Sentences with phrase «research testing those hypotheses»

And then, yes, we need some peer - reviewed research testing those hypotheses.

The ASPCA's Less Is More research tests the hypothesis that decreasing the number of cats available on the adoption floor might increase the likelihood that a potential adopter makes a choice and goes home with a cat.

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«Although extensive choice seems appealing, research shows that it may hinder motivation to buy and decrease subsequent satisfaction with purchased goods... Using data from nearly 800,000 employees, we tested the hypothesis that employee 401 (k) participation rates fall as the number of fund options increase.

The conceptuality developed rationalistically provides hypotheses for empirical research that are often strikingly different from the ones actively tested by most scientists, since the latter work, largely unconsciously, out of a different metaphysics.

To illustrate the range of possibilities for this line of research, I will describe a gedanken experiment in which a behavioral assay of feelings is employed to test the hypothesis that atoms are sentient individuals.

When medical researchers test a hypothesis and their experiments produce no results, the scientific and medical research journals don't want to publish them because they prove nothing.

But more research is needed to test these hypotheses.

A major focus of my research is on developing new technologies, based on hypothesis - driven, targeted mass spectrometry, for relieving this bottleneck to testing potential new blood - based diagnostics for detection of cancer.

First author Professor Martin Hrabe de Angelis, Director of Institute of Experimental Genetics at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, who invented the mouse clinic concept, said: «Our findings with regard to the genes examined are now available to the scientific community as a valid data set, which can be downloaded free of charge from the IMPC (International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium) website, and form an excellent basis on which we and other research groups can develop and test new hypotheses.»

Using molecular - genetic methods, a German - Chinese research team has now tested an alternative colonization hypothesis on lazy toads (Pelobatoidea).

«We thought this was a very interesting set up and when we tested these two competing hypotheses in this adoptive - based research design, we found there was no association between parenting and the child's intelligence later in life once we accounted for genetic influences,» Beaver said.

Students search the literature, develop a hypothesis, test it in the lab, and write it up in a detailed research paper.

A new tool in development by computational biologists at Baylor College of Medicine and analytics experts at IBM research and tested as a «proof - of - principle» may one day help researchers mine all public medical literature and formulate hypotheses that promise the greatest reward when pursuing new scientific studies.

Preregistrations of analysis plans certify the distinction between confirmatory and exploratory research, or what is also called hypothesis - testing versus hypothesis - generating research.

To test this hypothesis, the research team is now planning to explore the longer term behavioral impact of sleep - sacks in a larger group of preterm newborns.

Further research is needed to test this hypothesis, they said.

In addition to much needed conservation efforts, Detwiler and her team also are working to solve the evolutionary puzzle of the Dryas monkey using genomic research to test the hypothesis that this species is a close relative of the Vervet monkey.

He thrives on the challenge of testing the models to check if his hypotheses are correct by collaborating with experimentalists who use the models in their research.

The research team tested the hypothesis by transplanting cells onto the surface of mouse bone grafts and studying the cell behavior both in vivo — inside the animal — and in vitro — outside the body.

To test this hypothesis, the research team, which also includes Francis McCubbin from the Institute of Meteoritics at the University of New Mexico and Brian Monteleone of WHOI, utilized meteorite samples provided by NASA from the asteroid 4 - Vesta.

Often in clinical research, the hypothesis you're testing is that the treatment does not work.

Second, this Research Framework should not be used to restrict alternative approaches to hypothesis testing that do not employ biomarkers... biomarker - based research should not be considered a template for all research into age - related cognitive impairment and dementiaResearch Framework should not be used to restrict alternative approaches to hypothesis testing that do not employ biomarkers... biomarker - based research should not be considered a template for all research into age - related cognitive impairment and dementiaresearch should not be considered a template for all research into age - related cognitive impairment and dementiaresearch into age - related cognitive impairment and dementia.»

A group of research scientists from the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in Trieste used a simulation model that is far more accurate than previously used, and carried out an experiment to test a hypothesis about the behaviour of hydrogen that is splitting the scientific community.

The availability of centralized facilities will allow rapid access of investigators in NOAC, as well as investigators new to alcohol research, to the tissues and cells needed to test novel and innovative hypotheses without the delay of each PI developing these techniques in each of their own laboratories.

«Previous studies at a few sites had shown that large trees suffer more than small trees during and after droughts, and our theory suggested this should be a globally consistent pattern, but this project was the first to test this hypothesis globally,» said Los Alamos National Laboratory's Nate McDowell, a renowned forest ecologist and plant physiologist who coauthored a paper in the journal Nature Plants highlighting this research.

Heiko Woith and colleagues at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences say scientists must determine whether the link between the animal behavior and the earthquake is based on clearly defined rules (such as the animal's distance from earthquakes of a certain magnitude), whether the animal behavior has ever been observed and not followed by an earthquake, whether there is a statistical testing hypothesis in place to examine the evidence, and whether the animal population is a healthy, among other questions.

Under the guidance of international leaders, participants learn the fundamental principles related to translational research, including developing a hypothesis and applying the scientific method to test that hypothesis in the laboratory.

Her research combines the disciplines of paleontology, comparative anatomy, and development to formulate and test phylogenetic hypotheses of vertebrate interrelationships.

As is always the case in scientific research, new theories and hypotheses must pass the test of hard facts and observations, in order to be validated or discarded.

Research and development activities address specific hypotheses related to key resources and develop and test new technologies or monitoring procedures.

But since there hasn't been much research about how happy and unhappy people value societal events (as opposed to personal events), they wanted to test their hypothesis — using the Olympics as a theoretical scenario.

Additional research needs to be done to test this hypothesis.

And wherever possible, we will conduct rapid - cycle research, where hypotheses are generated quickly, tested, and then refined in light of evidence — all with the goal of generating timely, usable knowledge.

The typology includes logical problems, algorithmic problems, story problems (which have underlying algorithms with a story wrapper that amounts to an algorithmic problem), rule - using problems, decision - making problems (e.g., cost - benefit analysis), troubleshooting (systematically diagnosing a fault and eliminating a problem space), diagnosis - solution problems (characteristic of medical school and involving small groups understanding the problem, researching different possible causes, generating hypotheses, performing diagnostic tests, and monitoring a treatment to restore a goal state), strategic performance, case analysis (characteristic of law or business school and involving adapting tactics to support an overall strategy and reflecting on authentic situations), design problems, and dilemmas (such as global warming, which are complex and involve competing values and which may have no obvious solutions).

American philanthropy, by local and national foundations, corporations, and wealthy individuals, has played many important roles in K — 12 education: creating new schools, underwriting research, funding scholarships, testing hypotheses, generating new curricula, invoking ideals, setting agendas, bolstering training, and building a case for policy changes.

Researchers at the Best Foot Forward project at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University are testing the hypothesis that there is.

The typology includes: logical problems, algorithmic problems, story problems (which are algorithmic problems with a story wrapper), «rule - using» problems, decision - making problems (e.g., cost - benefit analysis), troubleshooting (systematically diagnosing a fault, eliminating a problem space), «diagnosis - solution» problems (characteristic of medical school, which involve small groups understanding the problem, researching different possible causes, generating hypotheses, performing diagnostic tests, and monitoring a treatment to restore a goal state), strategic - performance, case analysis (characteristic of law or business school, which involve adapting tactics to support an overall strategy and reflecting on authentic situations), design problems, and dilemmas (such as global warming, which are complex and involve competing values, and which may have no solutions).

And the statement, «I've been to high achieving countries and have seen with my own eyes what they are doing right» can not substitute for research designs that rigorously test causal hypotheses.

An understanding of the qualitative research principles, the dynamics associated with diversity and change and the need to study problems that are relevant in real settings while systematically inquiring, making hypotheses and testing these hypotheses; use as a vehicle for empowering teachers and learners.

Research has shown that learning to generate and test hypotheses can significantly increase student achievement — by as much as 23 percentile points *, according to some studies.

Using SPSS we can help you develop your hypothesis or research question, review your survey and assist in choosing suitable statistical tests.

The essence of research is problem solving and, therefore, you must learn to precisely define the problem, design meaningful experiments to test a proposed hypothesis, conduct experiments and collect data in a careful and precise manner, analyze and evaluate collected data, and finally, draw logical conclusions from the research data.

The new research suggests instead that this shift is due to a change in the oscillation frequency of atmospheric carbon dioxide abundances, a hypothesis that can be directly tested by deep drilling on the Antarctic Ice Cap.

It makes and breaks grant applications, it pervades continuing professional education, it channels subsequent research away from work that truly tests (rather than seeks to validate) a worthless hypothesis....

Of course, Willis» physical hypotheses are neither quantitative nor complete for the obvious reason that a large research program would be necessary to test them and refine them.

Finally, making another key technical point, the Research Report argues against the use of reanalysis data in structural analysis since its use makes mathematically rigorous hypothesis testing virtually impossible.

The iris hypothesis has not withstood the test of time - subsequent research has found that if it exists, the effect is much smaller than originally hypothesized, and may even slightly amplify rather than reducing global warming.

That implies that titling could be an effective forest conservation and climate strategy in other tropical countries, although additional research is needed to test that hypothesis.»

(3) The only way to prove a scientific hypothesis is correct is by repeatedly testing it (and even then new research may later disprove the hypothesis).

That requires considerable sensitivity research with state - of - the art numerical weather prediction (and climate) models... This hand - waving theory may not hold up when a rigorous scientific hypothesis is tested, yet McKibben does not provide a citation or reference aside from Masters» quotations, which are not peer - reviewed in the slightest.»